Sanchez, who pitched in the majors from 2011-12, is 3-2 with a 3.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and five saves in 43 career appearances. He has struck out 48 batters in 45 innings.

But there is some silver lining. Hellickson's WHIP is still decent, at 1.29. He's sporting his highest K/9 rate (7.4) since his 36 1/3 inning debut in 2010 (8.2). And despite his poor performance, Hellickson is averaging over 100 pitches per game. In fact, he's gotten into most of his trouble in the first inning, giving up 12 total runs in the first frame this year, but has held a 3.91 ERA from innings two through seven.   

Hellickson is not a bad pitcher -- coming into this year, he had a 3.06 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. And while his velocity is slightly down, it's only about a mile per hour under his career rate. Can he turn his season around? Perhaps. He needs to get his home runs under control and work on not letting in runs early. But Hellickson has proven to be a very good pitcher before, and should be at least on the bench (for now) of most leagues. 

Barton was designated for assignment Saturday, and cleared waivers. The A's have assigned him to their Triple-A team in Sacremento. Barton was hitting .143/.217/.286 in 21 at-bats with the major-league club this season. After a strong 2010 season, Barton's career was derailed by a shoulder injury. He's only received 134 at-bats in the majors over the last two years. 

Porcello is well aware of his improved changeup, as R.J. White profiled in a recent player update. The numbers back up that notion. Porcello's whiff rate with the changeup has jumped from 13.02 percent last season to 17.65 percent this year, per BrooksBaseball.net. He's also been willing to use it against right-handers much more than in recent years. Porcello will look to run his streak of quality starts to five against the Twins Thursday. 

Porcello's recent streak might not be enough to convince Fantasy owners he's truly figured things out. He's had strong stretches in the past, but has rarely shown the high strikeout rates needed from Fantasy pitchers. 

"It’s all fastball command, really. The days that I’ve had good command of my fastball, I’ve been able to work everything off that," Hughes said. Hughes lasted just two-thirds of an inning during his last start, giving up seven earned runs. 

Hughes said he spoke to pitching coach Larry Rothschild, who said he was overthrowing his fastball during his recent start. Hughes admitted sometimes adrenaline gets the best of him on the mound, causing him to lose focus. 

Gregorius has hit safely in seven of his last eight games. He's batting .387 (12 for 31) with one triple, three doubles and five RBI in that span. 

The rookie shortstop has totaled 10 multi-hit games in 22 appearances and has failed to record a hit just four times this season.

Chavez is batting .571 (12 for 21) in his last six games, sending his average skyrocketing from .282 to .343. He's batting .467 (21 for 45) in 14 May games (11 starts), while adding one home run, one triple, six doubles and 10 RBI in that span. Chavez came into May batting .241.